Invading Bachelor/ette Nation with Megan Burbank
Added 2024-12-11 20:02:55 +0000 UTCMegan Burbank is here for the right reasons. Sarah Marshall has never watched an episode of the Bachelor, and needs someone to be her guide and local fixer in Bachelor Nation. And in this bonus episode, two friends venture into the complex, often troubling world of one of the longest running reality shows in America.
From exploring the series as a weird social experiment, to watching contestants building friendships through trauma bonding, to feeling exhausted just by the idea of dating 30 people at once, we try to get to the heart of that weird mansion at the edge of forever.
Read Megan's Substack, Burbank Industries
Megan's website + articles
Megan on The Bachelor
Comments
I'm not a bachelor watcher but just pulled up the fence scene and laughed so loudly that other subway riders smiled 😄
Elizabeth Kravetz
2025-02-25 18:30:48 +0000 UTCNight night
Alysha Pitts
2025-02-01 05:46:01 +0000 UTCSarah, the way you say "here's your episode" makes me feel so cared for. Thanks for all you do.
Darci DeWulf
2025-01-05 03:09:56 +0000 UTCplease please please can you do this but with the queer ultimatum 😭😭😭
han effinger
2025-01-02 20:40:39 +0000 UTCThanks!!
Madison King
2024-12-28 02:59:23 +0000 UTCYall really just scratching the surface of why you’re wrong about bachelor nation here, there’s soooo much more to dig into about the role of production and editing and “for the wrong reasons” being weaponized and how contestants can’t discuss social media or else will be punished for it and then the competition from the new wave of reality shows that really show how overly produced and heavily manipulated the players on the bachelor are. You have yet to go full galaxy brain on this topic tbh!! I’ll never forget watching Jake Pavelka’s season of the bachelor where Vienna was the villain the entire season, he proposed, and then they do a special where the couple is brought out and everyone sees that Jake was the asshole and Vienna was manufactured into being the villain by the edit and her behavior in the mansion. I was like 10 watching that and thinking “wait what” and that lowkey kicked off my entire interest in media as a career. Even the Aaron Clancy and James moment yall talk about… like can’t even get started on what production does to players on sand. Those boys went through the wringer, and Aaron specifically with the performance of a lifetime fighting with Gen, that they chose to self eliminate to get the hell out of there. That was also the season they tried to rip off Love Island I believe and it was a massive failure. And shirmpgate yall mentioned? Production and manipulation to make that so much worse than it ever was. The players are incentivized, told they could get more time with the lead if they do x y or z, and then the overproduction and editing of the show really becomes obvious. Especially when you come to the excellent casting on shows like Love Island USA season 6 ANYWAY yall I could go on and write a whole ass book about tears for profit. And we didn’t even really get into the lawsuits, push for unionization, racism, lack of body diversity and discrimination, etc etc etc etc Ok I’ll stop writing now
Andrea Miller
2024-12-27 14:04:26 +0000 UTCThere’s some very funny ones from Ashely Norton on YouTube !
Erin Healey
2024-12-26 15:07:25 +0000 UTCIf I can recommend an alternate experience to this... may I introduce you to the South African equivalent; 'n Boer Soek 'n Vrou https://youtube.com/@boersoekvrou?si=UOr2_Tiw2U6qBM1s
CassandraTheOracle
2024-12-24 16:29:42 +0000 UTCI really like you stating when the episode is being recorded because at this point something is always happening
Laura Torlaschi
2024-12-23 02:21:03 +0000 UTCThank you ☺️
Vicki Johnson
2024-12-19 18:45:10 +0000 UTCI feel so seen by this episode 💕 thank you!!!!
Emma Marks
2024-12-18 18:07:14 +0000 UTCWhere can I find these Bachelor Recaps on YouTube? 🤔😂
Madison King
2024-12-17 05:50:15 +0000 UTCOnly real ones hear about the rules of bachelor mansion and are immediately reminded of being in the psych ward 😎
Amelia Fetherolf
2024-12-16 04:06:17 +0000 UTCThank you for reminding me about Aaron & James. I loved those two doofuses. If you want a similar vibe, watch the Golden Bachelorette. The friendships between the men was truly heartwarming and the best part of the show.
Wendy B
2024-12-16 03:51:21 +0000 UTCMe as well. I still haven't begun to recover 😕
Ash
2024-12-15 22:04:06 +0000 UTCYeah I reaaally want a whole episode about Sarah marrying the sea!!!! 🧜♀️🧜♀️🧜♀️
Olivia Benowitz
2024-12-15 02:08:16 +0000 UTC"Not surprised but disappointed"....me too 😞
Vanessa Lucio
2024-12-14 22:42:27 +0000 UTCFOL was wild. I always thought it was real because they said the whole room smelled up!
Bonita Saucedo
2024-12-14 15:15:04 +0000 UTCgabby hive rise!!!! lesbians stay winning!!!!
Jules
2024-12-14 03:44:44 +0000 UTCDo you think the time that Somethin’ popped on the floor during Flavor of Love was the producers causing drama? Or did she actually poop on the floor
Alexyss
2024-12-13 22:04:07 +0000 UTCI've never felt more seen!
Alex P
2024-12-13 18:40:37 +0000 UTCReally interesting to think about all of this in comparison to newer dating shows like Love Island and Love Is Blind. Not sure the facts on the production of those shows but .. I’m 99% sure it’d be a stark comparison to say the least.
red halverson
2024-12-13 18:20:37 +0000 UTCThank you for ending with one of the great bangers of all time and the subject of my favourite misheard lyrics, ‘All Those Parrot Eyes’
Laura Bee
2024-12-13 00:19:36 +0000 UTCI also read/watch recaps of reality dating shows, but don't watch the actual shows. (Or sometimes I watch one or two episodes, but never a whole season.) I want to know about the drama but I just can't see how to fit a whole series into my schedule, and after I watch one or two episodes, I feel icky. I always felt like kind of a weirdo that I was partaking in the discourse without watching, but I'm glad to know Sarah does this too! (Sarahs unite!) (Also, UnReal is an interesting fictionalized take on this whole thing, although I also felt icky watching that and stopped after one season.)
Sarah S
2024-12-13 00:05:03 +0000 UTCYes!! Her season was awesome.
Rachel Bush
2024-12-12 18:22:34 +0000 UTCI swear all of my favorite worlds came together for this episode. Thank you Ladies! 🎄
Hope C.
2024-12-12 14:49:44 +0000 UTCAnd they had such a banger season with Brooke Blurton! First indigenous bachelorette? Bisexual representation?
Sara Amorosi
2024-12-12 11:53:47 +0000 UTCThis is exactly the conversation I needed while my brain slowly seeps out my ears from exhaustion. Australian Bachelor got cancelled. Low viewers, frustration with lack of diversity. Their answer to this? Get 3 white bachelors instead of just 1. So it was confusing, shit, and even more white. Terrible
Rachel Bush
2024-12-12 05:58:33 +0000 UTChttps://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/the-bachelor-contestants-are-sleep-and-food-deprived-to-fuel-drama-report-20150825-gj6tcy.html Curious if the US version of the bachelor does a similar thing of restricting food access but having huge amounts of alcohol and crazy work hours, to increase the chance for drama or meltdowns?
Angela O'Connor
2024-12-12 05:11:54 +0000 UTCGotta invite Aubrey G for the next bachelor convo!🌹🍷
katie adams
2024-12-12 03:06:31 +0000 UTCThey have to cook their own food, on top of doing their own glam??!! What is the upside for women in this show??
Jen Leedom
2024-12-12 02:53:25 +0000 UTCI did theater camp as a child and my mother was unable to help with my makeup. Someone had to tell me that foundation goes on the neck, too.
Paul
2024-12-12 01:03:05 +0000 UTCv nice and important to learn that Sarah's life, her love, and her lady is the sea
Kyle Simpson
2024-12-11 22:45:09 +0000 UTCLove the artwork choice for this! We all remember where we were when he jumped that fence. Amirite ladies
Carolina Cotton
2024-12-11 22:04:41 +0000 UTCThey can call the new Bachelor show "Bromance" and 30 guys go to the mansion to find their best friend. It would create world peace, I'm telling you.
Mollie Julius
2024-12-11 20:57:04 +0000 UTCI felt that sigh after "we've had an election" deep in my bones.
Gretchen Sprinkle
2024-12-11 20:17:06 +0000 UTCJust when I was thinking I need more you're wrong about episodes to listen to 🥰🥰
Danielle G
2024-12-11 20:07:10 +0000 UTC
